Maximize your ability to utilize advanced features of the world’s most powerful document creation software.
Learn advanced skills using Microsoft’s word processing software—delivered in easy-to-follow, highly informative lessons.
In this comprehensive course taught by Microsoft Certified Trainer Christina Tankersley, you’ll build on your Word skillset so you can create advanced documents that will impress all your colleagues and save you time. You’ll learn how to streamline your document creation by using Outline mode to structure text, by creating and modifying AutoText, by customizing and saving your themes, and by creating and running macros.
Christina will help you polish your documents by showing you how to split text into columns, change the grammar and spell check settings in Editor, use advanced cropping features. and manage SmartArt. You’ll also learn how to enhance your document graphics by using picture correction and artistic effects on images and by inserting online videos and Excel tables.
If you work with global partners, you’ll need to know how to use the built-in translation features. And if you’re working with large documents, you’ll want to learn how to enhance navigation with bookmarks, hyperlinks, cross-references, and a Table of Contents.
Powering Productivity, One Brain at a Time!
Combining TV-style video production with modern graphics and animation, Bigger Brains courses are popular with both learners and training professionals around the world. Our top teachers and subject matter experts have real-world experience and create the most realistic and comprehensive training courses possible. Bigger Brains courses are built in a unique “Teacher/Learner” style, featuring two people on camera to recreate some of the interactivity and physiological benefits of classroom training, including dialogue, humor, and practical use case examples. This Uniquely Engaging™ video-based format is more enjoyable and more effective than traditional eLearning formats.
Trainer
Christina Tankersley has been involved with software education and project management since 1994. Her career includes working on software development and varying manufacturing projects, helping people understand the power of diverse thinking, and continuing to learn tools to share with customers, students, and the population at large. She has certifications including Project Management Professional (PMP), CompTIA A+, CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer, and Microsoft Certified Trainer.
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